I feed my Sam Canidae all life stages. Others on here feed Blue buffalo, Innova/EVO, Natural Balance, and solid gold. Moose probably has try skin because Beneful is a very low quality food. Also, most dog foods (even the better ones) don't have enough Omega 3s and 6s. Try picking up some fish oils. If you do, you will also have to give your lab vitamin E supplements or get a fish oil that already has the vt. E added.
If you want to do some research about dog food, try these sites:
Also, if you're curious, here is what makes Beneful a low quality food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=main
http://dogfoodanalysis.com/
Ingredients in Beneful Original:
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, salt, phosphoric acid, animal digest, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, Vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin B-12 supplement, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, copper sulfate, biotin, garlic oil, thiamine hydrochloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite.
The first ingredient is Ground Yellow Corn. Ingredients are weighed and listed from heaviest to lightest, so the the first ingredients make up most of the product. Corn is concidered a low quality grain and should NEVER be one of the first ingredients.
There are only three meat products, all of low quality. It is impossible to determin the quality of a by-products, but it is usually of low quality consisting of feet, feathers, undeveloped eggs, ect. As for digest, the AAFCO defines it as "A material which results from chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean and undecomposed animal tissue. The animal tissues used shall be exclusive of hair, horns, teeth, hooves and feathers." On top of that, both animal fat and animal digest are of an undetermined origin and can be any kind of animal from roadkill, 4D animals, and even euthanized dogs and cats.
Soy flour is processed grain that has lost much of it's nutritional value.
Sugars have no place in a dog food what so ever.
Many dog foods have a little bit of salt, but it should be nowere at the top of the list and should be one of the last ingredients.
ALL the artificial colorings in this food are either proven to cause health issues or have incunclusive tests.
Sulfates and oxides are poorly digested, however they are no harmful as far as I know.
phosphoric acid is an uneccesary ingredient used to flavor the food.
Vitamin K has been linked to many health problems.
Read more here:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients |